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BY SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers state has been urged to quickly intervene to stem the tide of the looming chieftaincy crisis, tearing the Opobo community apart. The ancient community of Opobo in Opobo/Nkoro local government area of Rivers state has been thrown into serious disarray over the royal and ancient stool of Cookey-Gam War Canoe House, a royal title said to have been reserved mainly for the biological descendants of the founder of the royal house. While the biological descendants of the founder are solely laying claim to the royal stool, another member of the House and ...

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